Help me get clarified what to do pls

[adarshakb]

Hi there,
I am new to JSP but know basics of Java programing. And my requirement is to develop a simple database driven website with good security features like SSL and to accomplished this i need to use a java based serverside lang. Now obviously i have to learn/use JSP. But i have some doubts with the terminologies/jorgons/what ever it is.

1. Should i bother to learn servelets.
2. Some say i need to.... can some one giveme a real life example in a website
3. What the heck is J2EE and do i need to know about it. I mean where is it applied in real website.... again an example of its use would be great
4. I Plan to build a java based swing interface for admin as a later part of my learning.... so what should i learn. I know how to use java swing library in normal java programs... have made a simple calc with GUI in java. But what should i learn to connect a database etc.... simple some extra coding or entire new java technology(and what is it?)


Thanks a lot for any reply

[brad211987]

1. Should i bother to learn servelets.
2. Some say i need to.... can some one giveme a real life example in a website
Yes learn servlets. EVERYTHING in java web development is based off of servlets. JSPs themselves compile to servlets. I don't use servlets for front-end code, but I use them extensively for transparent services such as file serving.

3. What the heck is J2EE and do i need to know about it. I mean where is it applied in real website.... again an example of its use would be great
J2EE is the name given to the collection of high level web technologies in Java. It includes some networking libraries, the Servlet API among other things.

4. I Plan to build a java based swing interface for admin as a later part of my learning.... so what should i learn. I know how to use java swing library in normal java programs... have made a simple calc with GUI in java. But what should i learn to connect a database etc.... simple some extra coding or entire new java technology(and what is it?)
JDBC is the standard java API for connecting to databases. There are a number of frameworks that you can use such as Hibernate, but learn JDBC first.

[sujithpr]

You need to study Servlet because it is the basic thing in J2ee.
See this tutorial

http://www.tutorialized.com/view/tut...Servlets/55491